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public text v1 · immutablefile.txt
23-Dec-07 12:34 A B C
D E F G
23-Dec-07 12:35 A B C D E
F GG HH
CODE:
awk -F\| '{ if ($1 ~ /[0-9][0-9]-[A-Z][A-Z][A-Z]-[0-9][0-9]/) { printf("\n") } printf("%s", $1); }' file.txt
output:
23-Dec-07 12:34 A B C D E F G
23-Dec-07 12:35 A B C D E F GG HH